Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Establishment Surveys
Tue, Jun 12
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond Centre
C2 Disclosure Avoidance
Chair(s): Scott Austin Ginder, RTI International
8:35 AM
Modeling Aggregates for Reliability and Confidentiality of
Output with Application to the QCEW
9:00 AM
Rethinking Sensitivity and Disclosure Risk: QCEW
Establishment Data
9:25 AM
Technology Advancing Data Collection: Implementing Thin
Client Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing Into
National Agricultural Statistics Services’ Field Data
Collection Program
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond West
C31 Time series and measuring recessions
Chair(s): Bonnie E Shook-Sa, RTI International
8:35 AM
An Empirical Comparison of Benchmarking Methods for
Economic Stock Time Series
8:55 AM
Investigating Residual Seasonality in Final Real Dollar
Foreign Trade Series
9:15 AM
Examining Labor Market Fluctuations Using the Business
Employment Dynamics Time Series
9:35 AM
Cyclical Analysis of Business Employment Dynamics Firm
and Establishment Size Data
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond East
C7 Quality Measures
Chair(s): Stephanie Fry, Westat (U.S.)
8:35 AM
Identifying and resolving reporting errors in an annual
establishment survey; Lessons from the NSF-NIH Survey of
Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
Engineering
8:55 AM
Metrics for Measuring Data Quality at NASS’s National
Operations Center
9:15 AM
Evaluation of Using CVs as a Publication Standard
9:35 AM
Can the distribution of long term care resident characteristics
be estimated with establishment-level information?
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom West
INV1 Large-scale Harmonisation of
Survey Programs
Organizer(s): François Brisebois, Statistics Canada
Chair(s): Anne Sigda Russell, U.S. Census Bureau
8:35 AM
The new French System of Production of Structural Business
Statistics
9:00 AM
Methodological Challenges in the Development of Statistics
Canada New Integrated Business Statistics Program
9:25 AM
Harmonisation of practices for infra-annual macroeconomic
statistics at Eurostat: a rationalised approach based on tools,
guidelines and handbooks
Discussant(s): Eden Brinkley, Australian Bureau of Statistics
INV2 Insights into the response process
model and measurement error for
establishment surveys
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom East
Organizer(s): Danna Lee Moore, Associate Director, SESRC WSU
Chair(s): Danna Lee Moore, Associate Director, SESRC WSU
8:35 AM
Establishment Survey Response Process and Measurement
Error: How and Why Are They Connected?
9:00 AM
Social Network Analysis as a Tool for Assessing Respondent
Burden and Measurement Error in Establishment Surveys
9:25 AM
Not Willing, Not Able: Causes of Measurement Error in
Business Surveys
Discussant(s): Joseph Parsons, National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of
Agriculture
TC1 The Synthetic Longitudinal Business
Database:Construction, Validation,
Applications and Access
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Salon 6/7
Organizer(s): Javier Miranda, US Census Bureau
Chair(s): Jerry P Reiter, Duke University
8:35 AM
Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata:
Construction of The Synthetic Longitudinal Business
Database
9:00 AM
The contribution of labor reallocation to aggregate
productivity growth: a synthetic data approach for the United
States
9:25 AM
Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata: The
Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database. Access Protocols.
Discussant(s): Jorg Drechsler, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond Centre
C14 Integration and Redesign of Health
Care Surveys
Chair(s): Clarice Brown, National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
10:45 AM
The Integrated Survey Design of the MEPS Insurance
Component (MEPS-IC) Establishment Survey
11:05 AM
Designing the National Hospital Care Survey
11:25 AM
Redesigning National Surveys of Long-Term Care Providers
11:45 AM
The development of methodologies to better get information
from health services in Brazil
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond East
C21 Editing and Imputation
Chair(s): Elizabeth Copello, RTI International
10:45 AM
Automatic editing of tick-box data in business collections
11:05 AM
Survey Process Control with Significance Editing:
Foundations, Perspectives, and Plans for Development
11:25 AM
Assessing the Validity of an Imputation Method Using Data
from Comparable External Sources
11:45 AM
Improving the Quality of the DAWN Data through
Imputation
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond West
C4 Weighting and Variance Estimation
Chair(s): Fritz Scheuren, NORC at the University of Chicago
10:45 AM
Innovative Estimation Strategies for the U. S. Green Goods
and Services Survey
11:05 AM
Investigating estimation methods under a reduced sample size
– Application to the survey of capital expenditure
11:25 AM
Evaluation of Changes in Generalized Variance Function
Estimators Following Revision of Publication Structure
11:45 AM
Sample Design and Multi-Method Sample Allocation
INV3 Managing the Balance Among Cost,
Quality and Risk in the Design and
Implementation of Establishment Surveys
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom West
Organizer(s): John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Ron S Jarmin, US Census Bureau
10:45 AM
Collection and Evaluation of Information on Cost, Quality
and Risk Factors in Establishment Surveys
11:05 AM
Data Quality Assurance - Quality Gates Framework for
Statistical Risk Management
11:25 AM
Embedded Experiment for Non-Response Follow-Up
Methods of Electronic Questionnaire Collection
11:45 AM
Microsimulation of a Government Survey
Discussant(s): Steven Klement, U.S. Census Bureau
INV4 Melting Pot of Solutions: Using
Collaborative Work to Improve
Establishment Surveys
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Salon 6/7
Organizer(s): Darcy Miller, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Chair(s): Denise Abreu, National Agricultural Statistics Service
10:45 AM
A model-based approach to forecasting corn and soybean
yields
11:10 AM
Investigating Adjustment Methodologies for the Census of
Agriculture
11:35 AM
Imputation in High Dimensional Economic Data as Applied
to the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)
Discussant(s): Partha S. Lahiri, University of Maryland
IOL2/3 IOL2/3: GREG Calibration and
Nonresponse Adjustment
Chair(s): Frank Potter, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom East
10:45 AM
An Introduction to Calibration Weighting for Establishment
Surveys
11:35 AM
Balanced Response and Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond West
C18 Questionnaire Design and Testing
Chair(s): Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
WITHDRAWN - Continuous Improvement of the
Commodity Flow Survey
1:45 PM
Early Stage Scoping in Establishment Surveys: Bridging the
Gap between Survey Concepts and Survey Questions
2:10 PM
Usability testing and evaluation of questionnaire re-design
work
2:35 PM
Using an Action-Research Model to Develop a Grid on a
Self-Administered Questionnaire
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond East
C24 Uses of Administrative Data
Chair(s): Kenneth Pick, U.S. Energy Information Administration
1:45 PM
Efficient use of administrative data in the production of
economic statistics in Finland
2:05 PM
A risk of using administrative data for statistical purposes – a
case study in the Swedish survey Newly Started Enterprises
2:25 PM
Integration of a State specific sampling database with the
NASS List Sampling Frame: a Case Study of the California
Fruit Acreage Database
2:45 PM
Three Pillars for a New Statistical System on
Enterprises:Business Register, Thematic Surveys and
Business Census 2011
INV5 Making Economic Indicator
Statistics More Useful With Data
Dissemination and Visualization Software
Organizer(s): Mark Edward Wallace, United States Census Bureau
Chair(s): Wendy Martinez, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon 6/7
1:45 PM
Improved Access to U.S. Economic Indicators:
Implementation, Outreach, and Future Development
2:10 PM
Wikiprogress by OECD
2:35 PM
Using Data Visualizations to Improve Presentation and
Marketing of the North American Transportation Statistics
Online Database
Discussant(s): Patrick Hinderdael, International Monetary Fund
INV6 Use of nonparametric regression
analysis methods with establishment
survey data
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom East
Organizer(s): Michail Sverchkov, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:45 PM
Identifying Factors Affecting Nonresponse Rates of Complex
Surveys
2:10 PM
Small Area Estimation using Generalized Kernel Regression
2:35 PM
On X-11 Seasonal Adjustment and Estimation of its MSE:
Application to Current Employment Statistics (CES)
Employment Series
Discussant(s): Alan H. Dorfman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom West
IOL5 IOL5: Response Burden
Chair(s): Lauren Harris-Kojetin, CDC
1:45 PM
Non-response Reduction Techniques in Establishment
Surveys: Introductory Overview Lecture
2:25 PM
Response Burden: Introductory Overview Lecture
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond Centre
TC2 Introduction to Deaths in Custody
Reporting Program
Organizer(s): Christopher S. Ellis, RTI International
Chair(s): Christopher S. Ellis, RTI International
1:45 PM
Are You In or Out? Managing a Dynamic Frame of Jails and
Contacts
2:05 PM
Sorry to Bother You Again: Ensuring High Response Rates
while Minimizing Respondent Burden
2:25 PM
Have It Your Way: Managing Data and Business Preferences
in a Multimode Collection
2:45 PM
The Price of Perfection: Analyzing the Cost & Benefits of
Extensive Data Quality Follow-up
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon 6/7
C1 Business Registers
Chair(s): Kristin Stettler, U.S. Census Bureau
3:55 PM
Evaluating a Sampling Frame of Private Security Firms
4:15 PM
Evaluating frame coverage for an establishment survey
4:35 PM
WITHDRAWN - Private Schools in America: An Overview
of the Private School Universe Survey Frame Creation and
Processing
4:55 PM
Eligibility status in Business Surveys – How to get the
information and how to use it
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond Centre
C23 Macro-editing and Detecting Outliers
Chair(s): Dhuly Chowdhury, RTI
3:55 PM
Model Based Macro-Editing Approach to State and Area
Estimates from the Current Employment Statistics Survey
4:15 PM
A Comparison of Hierarchical and Hidiroglou-Berthelot
Macro-edits
4:35 PM
Evaluation of Macro Editing Techniques for the Quarterly
Financial Report
4:55 PM
Study of Treatment of Influential Values in a Monthly Retail
Trade Survey
INV7 Integrated systems and
architectures for production of economic
statistics
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom West
Organizer(s): Boris Lorenc, Statistics Sweden
Chair(s): Boris Lorenc, Statistics Sweden
3:55 PM
Implementing an integrated program of economic statistics An ABS perspective
4:20 PM
The Integrated Business Statistics Program: An Overview
4:45 PM
Redesign of the Chain of Economic Statistics in the
Netherlands
Discussant(s): Anders Holmberg, Statistics Sweden
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond West
INV8 Disclosure Limitation Methods for
Tabular Data
Organizer(s): Daniell Toth, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Steven Cohen, National Science Foundation
3:55 PM
Public use business establishment microdata: Protecting
confidentiality and providing utility with synthetic data
4:20 PM
Trend and BED Statistics Using Synthetic and Multiplicative
Noise Models for Disclosure Limitation
4:45 PM
Disclosure Limitation for the Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages
Discussant(s): Lawrence Cox, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond East
IOL7 IOL7: Price Indices
Chair(s): Anne Sigda Russell, U.S. Census Bureau
3:55 PM
Price Indices
4:35 PM
Price Indices
TC3 Challenges and Innovations in Job
Vacancy surveys: An International
Perspective
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom East
Organizer(s): Hans Kiesl, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences
Chair(s): Hans Kiesl, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences
3:55 PM
Modifications to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Survey
4:15 PM
Job vacancy statistics in Switzerland : a 20-year perspective
4:35 PM
The Integral Link between JVS (Job Vacancy Survey) and
BTS (Business Tendency survey) – Israel’s Experience
4:55 PM
Job vacancy statistics in France: a new approach since the
end of 2010. Analysis of the response behaviour of surveyed
firms after change in questionnaire
Wed, Jun 13
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond East
IOL1: Small Area Estimation
Chair(s): Scot Rumburg, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
8:35 AM
A Primer on Model-Based Small Area Estimation with
Applications To Establishment Surveys
9:15 AM
Small Area Estimation in Practice
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond West
C15 Issues in Longitudinal Surveys
Chair(s): Brad Edwards, Westat
8:35 AM
Creating a longitudinal panel of new businesses using
multiple modes
8:55 AM
Characteristics of Respondents to a Longitudinal Survey of
New Firms
9:15 AM
How Stable are Responses Over Time
9:35 AM
Meta-Analytic Approaches for Analyzing Survey Data
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom East
C16 Improving Response Rates: Results
from Experiments
Chair(s): Jacqui Yvette Jones, UK Office for National Statistics
8:35 AM
Trying to improve response rates by lowering the perceived
response burden of a survey
8:55 AM
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Two Strategies to Improve
Telephone Survey Response Rates of Employers
9:15 AM
Using alternative correspondence messages and modes to
increase response rates
9:35 AM
Do Different Correspondence Methods Improve Response
Rates for Out of Scope Cases?
C29 Non-Response Adjustment Methods
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Salon 5
Chair(s): Manisha Sengupta, National Center for Health Statistics (US)
8:35 AM
Generalized calibration to deal with non-ignorable
nonresponse in the German job vacancy survey
8:55 AM
Reduced Bias and Increased Variance: A Possible Trade-off
in Calibration for Non-response Treatment
9:15 AM
Consumer and Business Payment Behavior in a Survey of
Banks: Estimation and Allocation
9:35 AM
Modeling nonresponse effects for labor turnover
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond Centre
C32 Producer Price Indices and other
Economic Indicators
Chair(s): Fawzi Al Nassir, SRA International, Inc.
8:35 AM
Producer Price Index: The Brazilian Experience
9:00 AM
WITHDRAWN - Price Indices
9:25 AM
The World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Initiative
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Salon 6/7
C9 Sampling Methods and Frame
Development
Chair(s): Richard Sigman, Westat
8:35 AM
Challenges of Building a Sampling Frame and Sampling in a
National Survey of Institutions Providing Child Care and
Early Education Services
8:55 AM
Frame Development in Complex Organizations: Identifying
the Respondents
9:15 AM
Modifying composite weighting when PPS samples have
already been chosen.
9:35 AM
Overcoming Challenges in Frame Development: the National
Survey of Residential Care Facilities
INV9 Using Administrative Data as an
Alternative to Survey Data for
Establishment Collections – a European
Perspective
Organizer(s): Peter Brodie, Office of National Statistics
Chair(s): Peter Brodie, Office of National Statistics
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom West
8:35 AM
Methods for using administrative data to estimate survey
variables not directly available from administrative sources
9:00 AM
Checking the Usefulness and Initial Quality of
Administrative Data
9:25 AM
Using incomplete VAT-data for turnover estimates in Europe
Discussant(s): Mathew Page, Statistics NZ
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond West
C17 Gaining Survey Participation:
Theoretical and Empirical Insights
Chair(s): Jill Lacey, U.S. Government Accountability Office
10:45 AM
The Response Process in Organizational Surveys - a
Sociological Perspective
11:05 AM
Recruitment in Chain Affiliated Establishments: Experiences
from the National Survey of Residential Care Facilities
11:25 AM
The Impact of a Person Level Incentive on Establishment
Level Response and Prevalence Rates within Correctional
Facilities
11:45 AM
Utilizing Phone Methodology to Improve Contact and
Response of Establishments
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond Centre
C25 Issues in Surveys of Employees and
Employers
Chair(s): Kim Aspinwall, RTI International (U.S.)
10:45 AM
Collecting Earnings Statistics using Payroll Software Lessons from Ireland
11:05 AM
WITHDRAWN - Multiple Levels of Frame Development and
Quality Control Used to Study Establishments
11:45 AM
Evaluating and monitoring employee turnover using
benchmarks: A study of South African National government
departments based on organisational size
INV10 Integrating Perspectives on
Business Surveys: A Preview of the Book
Designing and Conducting Business
Surveys
Organizer(s): Diane K. Willimack, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Cynthia Z.F. Clark, National Agricultural Statistics Service / USDA
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom West
10:45 AM
Unique considerations for conducting and producing statistics
from business surveys: Introducing our book on Designing
and Conducting Business Surveys
11:05 AM
Thinking Inside the Box: Business Behavior and Its
Implications for the Survey Response Process
11:25 AM
An Integrated Quality Framework for Business Survey
Evaluations
11:45 AM
An Integrated Framework for Designing a Business Survey
Communication Strategy
Discussant(s): Paul Biemer, RTI International
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond East
INV11 Coordination of samples selected
from overlapping populations
Organizer(s): Lenka Mach, Statistics Canada; Ioana Schiopu-Kratina, Statistics Canada
Chair(s): Frank Potter, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
10:45 AM
Maximal, minimal sample co-ordination and associated
bounds
11:10 AM
The Use of Sample Overlap Methods in the Consumer Price
Index Area Redesign.
11:35 AM
Sampling Coordination of Business Surveys Conducted by
INSEE
11:50 AM
Coordination of Samples Selected from Overlapping
Populations – Discussion
Discussant(s): Paul Smith, Office for National Statistics, UK
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom East
INV12 The Potential Use of R in
Establishment Surveys
Organizer(s): Martin Robert Brand, ONS (UK)
Chair(s): Martin Robert Brand, ONS (UK)
10:45 AM
Automated data editing and imputation with R at Statistics
Netherlands
11:10 AM
Use of R in Business Surveys at the Italian National Institute
of Statistics: Experiences and Perspectives
11:35 AM
Official statistics and survey methodology meets R: An
overview of corresponding packages
Discussant(s): Ralf T. Munnich, University of Trier
10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Salon 6/7
IOL6 IOL6: Nonresponse Bias Analysis
Chair(s): David Haziza, Université de Montréal
10:45 AM
Nonresponse Bias Analysis for Business Surveys - Guidance
from the US Office of Management and Budget
11:25 AM
Nonresponse Bias Analysis for Business Surveys Perspective from the US Census Bureau
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon 5
C11 Sampling Strategies
Chair(s): Ruey-Pyng Lu, U.S. Energy Information Administration
1:45 PM
Efficient sample design for an establishment survey
2:05 PM
On Precision in Estimates of Change Over Time where
Samples are Positively Coordinated by Permanent Random
Numbers
2:25 PM
Comparing Estimation Methods in Product Surveys
2:45 PM
Government Funding Source as a Sample Frame of Early
Career Doctorates Working in Establishments in All Sectors
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon 6/7
C26 New Technologies and Generalized
systems
Chair(s): John Dixon, BLS
1:45 PM
Using GIS to inform sample design for a retail establishment
survey
2:05 PM
Applying Business Intelligence Technology to Statistical
Processing and Analysis
2:25 PM
Developing a Generalized Processing System Across
Organizational Silos
2:45 PM
Developing and implementing a generalised tool for data
collection and micro editing – experiences from Statistics
Sweden
INV13 Managing Metadata for
Establishment Surveys
Organizer(s): Daniel W Gillman, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond Centre
Chair(s): Daniel W Gillman, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:45 PM
The key role of metadata when building statistical production
systems based on registers
2:10 PM
Operationalizing metadata frameworks - An ABS perspective
2:35 PM
Metadata Management over the Statistical Lifecycle at
Statistics Canada
Discussant(s): Sandra Cannon, Federal Reserve Board
INV14 Surveying Employees within and
across Establishments: Challenges and
Issues
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond West
Organizer(s): Naomi Dyer, Westat
Chair(s): Taylor Hudson Lewis, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
1:45 PM
International Generalizability of Organizational Surveys
2:10 PM
Does the length of fielding period matter? Examining
response scores of early versus late responders
2:35 PM
Evaluating Non-response Bias in Organizational Surveys
Using Response Timing:
Discussant(s): Fritz Scheuren, NORC at the University of Chicago
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom West
IOL4 IOL4: Web Questionnaires
Chair(s): Bill Mochovak, Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:45 PM
Tailoring the design of e-questionnaires to the response
process: About audit trails and other methods
2:25 PM
Survey Quality Evaluation for Business Surveys
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond East
TC4 Consumer Price Indices Survey
Design Challenges
Organizer(s): Martin Beaulieu, Statistics Canada
Chair(s): Paul Smith, Office for National Statistics, UK
1:45 PM
Methodological Challenges in the Development of a New
Survey Design for the Canadian Consumer Price Index
2:05 PM
Sampling and maintaining a fixed and representative basket
of goods and services in a dynamic universe
2:25 PM
Sampling Schemes for Price Index Construction: A
performance comparison across the COICOP food groups
2:45 PM
Variance Estimation for a Revised CPI
Discussant(s): Steven Paben, Bureau of Labor Statistics
1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom East
TC5 Relationship Management of Very
Large Establishments
Organizer(s): Joseph Parsons, National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of
Agriculture
Chair(s): Darcy Miller, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
1:45 PM
Why should I? : Employing Social Psychology to Increase
Cooperation from Large Survey Establishments
2:05 PM
Measuring the Impact of Business Profiling in the UK
2:25 PM
The treatment of large enterprise groups within Statistics
Netherlands
2:45 PM
WITHDRAWN - Next steps in developing and maining
relationships with large enterprises at the U.S. Census Bureau
Discussant(s): Danna Lee Moore, Associate Director, SESRC WSU
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon 6/7
C19 Issues and Innovations in Electronic
Data Collection
Chair(s): Grace O'Neill, U.S. Energy Information Administration
3:55 PM
Collecting data electronically from enterprises – searching for
the right approach
4:15 PM
Online Data Collection in Agro-Food Sector
4:35 PM
Modal Unit-Response Rates and Strategy
4:55 PM
The Use of Electronic Reporting and Other Electronic Tools
for Data Providers
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon 5
C28 Designing and Redesigning Survey
Processes
Chair(s): Peter Stoltz, Statistics Denmark
3:55 PM
Banff Automated Edit and Imputation on a Hog Survey
4:15 PM
WITHDRAWN - A General Algorithm for Multivariate
Stratification
4:35 PM
An upper bound for the relative bias of the design effect
4:55 PM
WITHDRAWN - On Design Effects of Complex Sampling
Strategy on ANOVA Mixed Effects Model
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond Centre
C5 Estimation Stratigies
Chair(s): Phillip Kott, RTI International
3:55 PM
Estimates by Firm Size Using the CES Survey
4:20 PM
Extending the DAG Jackknife to Measure the Variance of an
Estimated Total When Imputing for Item Nonresponse with a
Survey-Weighted Prediction Model
4:45 PM
Complex Weighting and Disposition Coding in a Survey of
Establishments
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond West
C6 Job Vacancies
Chair(s): Charlotte Devor Oslund, Bureau of Labor Statistics
3:55 PM
What about Skills Shortages? Evidence from the German Job
Vacancy Survey
4:20 PM
What determines the success of filling vacancies? Evidence
from the German Job Vacancy Survey
4:45 PM
Current Developments of Supply and Demand in the Labor
Market in Israel
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom West
INV15 Recent Developments in Assessing
and Mitigating Nonresponse Bias
Organizer(s): Joanna Fane Lineback, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Katherine (Jenny) Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
3:55 PM
Recent Developments in Assessing and Mitigating
Nonresponse Bias
4:20 PM
Representativeness of response to establishment surveys and
registers
4:45 PM
A Theoretical Framework for Adaptive Collection Designs
Discussant(s): Roderick Little, U.S. Census Bureau/University of Michigan
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom East
INV16 Frame Challenges for Complex
Populations
Organizer(s): Pierre Daoust, Statistics Canada
Chair(s): Richard Lockhart, Simon Fraser University
3:55 PM
Understanding Energy and Water Use in New Zealand Nonresidential Buildings – an ad hoc survey
4:20 PM
Complex Methods for Special Populations: The U.S.
Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey
4:45 PM
Discovering the Universe: Measuring the Role of Finance
Companies in the U.S. Economy
Discussant(s): Karol Krotki, RTI
TC6 Evaluation of Statistical Disclosure
(SDC) Methods for Application of New
Methods
3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond East
Organizer(s): Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research
Chair(s): Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research
3:55 PM
Evaluation of Three Disclosure Limitation Models for the
QCEW program
4:15 PM
Protecting both Establishment and Company Level
Contributions in Statistical Tables
4:35 PM
Methods for Assessment of Incremental Disclosure Risks
Incurred Through the Release of Special Tabulations
4:55 PM
Implementing Multiple Evaluation Techniques in Statistical
Disclosure Control for Tabular Data
Discussant(s): Jerry P Reiter, Duke University
Thu, Jun 14
8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Ballroom Centre
Waksberg Address
Chair(s): J.N.K. Rao, Distinguished Research Professor at Carelton University
Survey Quality
C10 Sampling Methods - Design and
Allocation
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Salon 6/7
Chair(s): Michael Yang, NORC at the University of Chicago
10:25 AM
Using a Provider Cluster Sampling Design to Study the
Supply and Demand of Early Care and Education
10:50 AM
Optimal Allocation for Multidomain, Multivariate Case with
different amount of auxiliary information
11:15 AM
Model-Aided Sampling: An Empirical Review
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Drummond Centre
C30 Metadata and Survey Management
Chair(s): Daniel W Gillman, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:25 AM
Metadata for an Integrated Survey Framework: Integrated
Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
10:50 AM
The Requirements of Secondary Analysis of Organizational
Data
11:15 AM
Establishment Surveys in Uganda
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Drummond West
C8 Small Area Estimation
Chair(s): Karol Krotki, RTI
10:25 AM
Evaluation of Methods for County-Level Estimation of Crop
Harvested Area that Employ Mixed Models
10:50 AM
A Problem in Small Area Estimation: Cash Rental Rates
11:15 AM
Small area modelling under complex survey designs for
business data
INV17 Meeting the challenge to combine
different survey data: the case of
multinationals and foreign affiliates and
the link between trade data and business
registers
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom West
Organizer(s): Jean Ritzen, Statistics Netherlands
Chair(s): Kees Vennix, Statistics Netherlands
10:25 AM
The impact of globalisation on the system of statistical units
10:50 AM
The EGR and the profiling: a complete vision of the
multinational enterprise groups, global actors of the economy
11:15 AM
Profiling large and complex MNEs
Discussant(s): Shirin A. Ahmed, U.S. Census Bureau
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Drummond East
INV18 Measuring the Green Economy
Organizer(s): Richard Clayton, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Don Haughton, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:25 AM
Measuring green jobs in the Netherlands
10:50 AM
Measuring green industry employment
11:15 AM
Counting Green Jobs: Developing the Green Technologies
and Practices Survey
Discussant(s): Joseph Kosler, USDA NASS Research and Development
10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom East
TC7 Using Auxiliary Data to Predict and
Manage Survey Nonresponse
Organizer(s): Morgan Sue Earp, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Jeffrey Gonzalez, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:25 AM
Adjusting for Non-response in the Occupational Employment
Statistics Survey
10:45 AM
Who is Responsible for the Bias? Using Proxy Data and Tree
Modeling to Identify Likely Nonrespondents and Reduce
Bias
11:05 AM
Voted “least likely to respond”: Using classification trees to
identify likely non-respondents and proactively manage data
collection in NASS’s Quarterly Agricultural Survey
Discussant(s): David Cantor, Westat
1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Drummond East
C20 Approaches to Improving Data
Quality
Chair(s): Christopher S. Ellis, RTI International
1:25 PM
A Comprehensive Reassessment of Establishment Surveys
1:50 PM
Cognitive approach to studying performace in business
surveys
2:15 PM
Adding New Items and New Respondents: Findings from the
NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in
Science and Engineering
2:15 PM
Third Party Audits –Does this Gold Standard Hold up for
Assessing Measurement Error in a Regulated Industry?
1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Salon 6/7
C22 Selective Editing and Detecting
Outliers
Chair(s): Katherine (Jenny) Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
1:25 PM
Multivariate selective editing based on the use of
administrative data: an application to the Italian business
survey on ICT usage and e-commerce
1:45 PM
Application of Selective Editing Techniques: Evaluation
2:05 PM
Metrics for Selective Editing
2:25 PM
An Adaptive Approach to Hidiroglou-Berthelot Outlier
Detection
1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Drummond West
C3 Variance Estimation
Chair(s): Victoria McNerney Scott, RTI International
1:25 PM
Anomalies under Jackknife Variance Estimation
Incorporating Rao-Shao Adjustment in the Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component
1:50 PM
Incorporating the Sampling Variability from an Employee
Perception Survey into the Ranking Process of U.S.
Government Agencies
2:15 PM
Developing Calibration Weights and Standard-Error
Estimates for a Survey of Drug-Related Emergency-Room
Visits
INV19 Using Administrative Data as an
Alternative to Survey Data for
Establishment Collections
1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Ballroom East
Organizer(s): Ron John McKenzie, Statistics New Zealand
Chair(s): Clare Ward, Statistics New Zealand
1:25 PM
Maximising the use of administrative data in sub-annual
business collections
1:50 PM
First assessment of the combined use of administrative and
survey data in the new system of French structural business
statistics
2:15 PM
Using administrative taxation data to improve sample design
and estimation - An ABS perspective
Discussant(s): Peter Brodie, Office of National Statistics
INV20 Response burden and motivation
in official business surveys. Can we
improve businesses response behavior by
increasing the perceived benefits of
official statistics?
1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Ballroom West
Organizer(s): Deirdre Giesen, Statistics Netherlands
Chair(s): Rudi Seljak, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
1:25 PM
Exploring Causes and Effects of Perceived Response Burden
1:50 PM
Sources of Motivation in Business Surveys
2:15 PM
Businesses as users of official statistics
Discussant(s): Jacqui Yvette Jones, UK Office for National Statistics
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Ballroom West
Closing Panel Session: Doing More With
Less
Chair(s): John Kovar, Statistics Canada
3:35 PM
Doing More With Less
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